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The Gloaming 2

April 1, 2016 By guillaume

The Gloaming 2 (2016) - Artwork © http://www.parkeharrison.com/

Simply as an artist, simply as someone who is trying to move other people, what is it that you can do that no one else can do? Thomas Bartlett Since the emergence of The Gloaming as a collective in 2011, Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Hardanger d’Amore), Iarla Ó Lionáird (voice) and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Ireland, Traditional Tagged With: fiddle, guitar, piano, songwriting, The Gloaming, viola

Dawn Landes & Piers Faccini: Desert Songs

February 23, 2016 By guillaume

Dawn Landes & Piers Faccini - Desert Songs (2016)

Even though UK-born and France-based folk singer Piers Faccini often describes himself as a solitary songwriter, the musician nevertheless seems to thrive on collaborations. Having partnered with Dom La Nena, Jenny Lysander, the BKO Quintet or with French cellist Vincent Segal on the wonderful Songs of Time Lost amongst others, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Folk Tagged With: Dawn Landes, guitar, Piers Faccini, songwriting

Metá Metá: Metal Metal

December 5, 2014 By guillaume

Metá Metá: Metal Metal (2012/2014)

From São Paulo in Brazil, Metá Metá is a jazz fusion band formed in 2007 around the core trio of Juçara Marçal (vocals), Kiko Dinucci (guitar & vocals) [both of whom collaborated on the 2008 album Padê] and Thiago França (saxophone & flute). Released in 2011, Metá Metá’s first self-titled album anchored the trio’s sound ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: fusion, guitar, latin, Metá Metá, saxophone, songwriting

Bruno Bavota: The Secret of the Sea

September 26, 2014 By guillaume

Bruno Bavota - The Secret of the Sea (2014)

Italian modern classical composer Bruno Bavota is a "late bloomer" when it comes to music. “The attraction to music came “only” at the age of twenty” says the Neapolitan musician. Learning to play the guitar first, Bavota then switched to piano and released two solo piano albums - the self-released Il Pozzo d’Amor in 2010 and La ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: Bruno Bavota, guitar, piano

Bombino: Nomad

July 8, 2014 By guillaume

Bombino - Nomad (2013)

Produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Tuareg musician Bombino’s third solo album Nomad (2013) is a testament to the constant cross-pollination taking place between modern African and Western music. Born in Niger in 1980, Omara “Bombino” Moctar discovers in the early 1990s the traditional guitar-based “Ishoumar” music style ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: Bombino, guitar, songwriting

Bombino: Tar Hani

May 9, 2014 By guillaume

Bombino - Agadez (2011)

It was in 2008 while filming a documentary in Niger focusing on the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa that American film maker Ron Wyman first heard the music of Bombino on a car stereo. Our driver had one cassette - Bombino’s music. We listened to it over and over for about two weeks! It never got old ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: blues, Bombino, guitar, songwriting

Youn Sun Nah: Momento magico

April 11, 2014 By guillaume

Youn Sun Nah - Lento (2013)

Drawing on an unconventional career path, Korean singer Youn Sun Nah is a unique voice in contemporary Jazz. Born in Seoul in 1969, she débuted her music career as a classical singer and only started delving into the Jazz repertoire when she moved to France in her mid-twenties. The singer released her début album “Reflet” in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: guitar, voice, Youn Sun Nah

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